Sporting Kansas City vs Orlando City SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON
-
Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs Orlando City SC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- Orlando City SC 15 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Aug Orlando City SC H 3–0 W 21 Jul St. Louis City H 1–1 D 18 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–2 L 14 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 2–1 W 08 Jul FC Dallas H 3–2 W 05 Jul Colorado Rapids SC A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Aug Sporting Kansas City A 0–3 L 20 Jul New York City FC H 1–1 D 18 Jul Nashville SC A 3–0 W 13 Jul New England Revolution A 3–1 W 06 Jul D.C. United SC H 5–0 W 03 Jul Toronto FC A 2–1 W Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City Orlando City SC #30 Position #13 11 Points 14 14 Played 15 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 9 14 Scored 23 36 Conceded 44 -22 GD -21 0.79 PPG 0.93 21% Win % 27% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season7% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Orlando City SC are 13th (14 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededOrlando City SC0-151/216-304/431-45–/546-603/261-752/276+1/8■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Sporting Kansas City and Orlando City SC is underway.
- 5' The travelling Orlando City SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' Willy Agada needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 6 Yellow cards this season.
- 44' What a strike from Jake Davis! The score is 1-0.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Dany Rosero. He replaces Fontas on 46 minute.
- 51' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Willy Agada gets a card.
- 52' Goal! Daniel Salloi scores his 61 goal in 260 matches.
- 57' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 57 minutes.
- 59' Another substitution for Orlando City SC to replace Martin Ojeda by Duncan McGuire on 59 minute.
- 62' The whistle greets Stephen Afrira as he departs to be replaced by Johnny Russell.
- 67' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 70' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 70.
- 73' Nicolas Lodeiro has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cesar Araujo on 73 minute.
- 77' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Zorhan Bassong is replaced by Remi Walter on 77 minute.
- 82' Yutaro Tsukada has so much to prove this time. He replaces Facundo Torres Perez on 82 minute.
- 84' Rafael Santos is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
- 89' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 89.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ramiro Enrique on 90.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Orlando City SC.
-
Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
-
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Alan Pulido 62'
-
14
Tim Leibold ↓ Logan Ndenbe 77'
-
3
Fontas ↓ Dany Rosero 46'
- 29
- 10
- 11
-
22
Zorhan Bassong ↓ Remi Walter 77'
- 4
- 17
- 23
-
30
Stephen Afrira ↓ Johnny Russell 62'
Bench
-
54
Remi Walter ↑ 77'
-
9
Alan Pulido ↑ 62'
-
7
Johnny Russell ↑ 62'
-
18
Logan Ndenbe ↑ 77'
- 1
- 28
-
5
Dany Rosero ↑ 46'
- 31
- 20
Coach Peter VermesOrlando City SC Lineups
Starting XI
-
11
Martin Ojeda ↓ Duncan McGuire 59'
- 1
- 16
- 6
-
24
Kyle Smith ↓ Rafael Santos 46'
-
77
Ivan Angulo ↓ Luis Muriel 59'
- 10
- 7
-
5
Cesar Araujo ↓ Nicolas Lodeiro 73'
- 4
- 17
Bench
-
9
Luis Muriel ↑ 59'
- 15
-
14
Nicolas Lodeiro ↑ 73'
- 8
-
3
Rafael Santos ↑ 46'
-
13
Duncan McGuire ↑ 59'
- 50
- 33
-
34
Yutaro Tsukada ↑ 82'
Coach Óscar Pareja -
26
-
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Nani 2 Tesho Akindele 2 Benji Michel 1 Nicolas Rodriguez 1 Johnny Russell 1 Dejan Joveljic 1 Andres Perea 1 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 1 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2024-08-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Orlando City SC W 2024-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City D 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City LOrlando City SC Form
-
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.86 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.72 Orlando City SC xGI would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Orlando City SC 76% + Both teams to score 69%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sporting Kansas City winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.58Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 68% 32% ± 3.5 47% 53% ± 4.5 29% 71% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 67%Draw or Orlando City SC 57%Sporting Kansas City or Orlando City SC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Sporting Kansas City win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 3–0 not predicted3 – 0Actual1 – 1 9.8%2 – 1 8%1 – 2 7.4%2 – 2 6.8%3 – 1 4.9%2 – 0 4.9%1 – 0 4.6%3 – 2 4.2%1 – 3 4.2%0 – 1 4.2%0 – 2 4.2%0 – 0 4.1%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Orlando City SC covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 12% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 18% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 65% — 35% +1 65% 17% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 11% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 19% ✗Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.